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Sat, Nov 2, 2013·Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale

Boston Bruins 1, New York Islanders 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 68% of the time.

NYI winsBOS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
BOS0619012127
NYI09313012334

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.

  1. P2 6:15NYIJohn TavaresAssists: Thomas Vanek, Kyle Okposo · Snap, 0.23 xG0–1
  2. P2 13:13NYIAndrew MacDonaldGWGAssists: Travis Hamonic, Kyle Okposo · Slap, 0.02 xG0–2
  3. P2 15:27BOSDougie HamiltonPPAssists: Reilly Smith, Ryan Spooner · Tip-in, 0.17 xG1–2
  4. P2 16:08NYIThomas VanekAssists: Kyle Okposo, Travis Hamonic · Slap, 0.18 xG1–3
Penalties (8)
  1. P2 13:30NYIBrock Nelson: Holding the stick2 min · PPG
  2. P2 19:04BOSDougie Hamilton: Holding2 min
  3. P3 2:27BOSTorey Krug: Hooking2 min
  4. P3 2:48NYIJohn Tavares: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 2:48NYIJohn Tavares: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  6. P3 7:59BOSAdam McQuaid: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 7:59NYICal Clutterbuck: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 14:24BOSZdeno Chara: Roughing2 min

Replay

Watch the game unfold on the ice: every shot, hit, turnover and faceoff appears as it happened, then fades. Drag the timeline to jump; goals are marked on it.

BOS00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NYI
48% to win52% to win
← BOS attackNYI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Bergeron won the faceoff against Cizikas
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

BOSNYI
27Shots on goal34
3.0Expected goals4.2
62Shot attempts67
35Faceoffs won24
3Power plays3
8Penalty minutes8
20Hits27
20Blocked shots19
19Giveaways11
11Takeaways18

Line combinations that worked

Model-based

Each team's forward lines and defence pairs at 5-on-5 (two minutes or more together), best first by expected goals for minus against.

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. Iginla – Krejci – Lucic14:06

    xG 0.77–0.79 (49%)attempts 15–12goals 0–1

  2. Kelly – Soderberg – Spooner7:20

    xG 0.25–0.62 (29%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

  3. Thornton – Campbell – Paille6:00

    xG 0.01–0.39 (2%)attempts 3–8goals 0–0

  4. Bergeron – Marchand – Smith9:34

    xG 0.35–0.76 (31%)attempts 7–13goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. McQuaid – Krug8:31

    xG 0.10–0.18 (35%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  2. Chara – Hamilton12:01

    xG 0.72–0.93 (44%)attempts 14–10goals 0–2

  3. Seidenberg – Bartkowski14:07

    xG 0.34–1.13 (23%)attempts 11–24goals 0–1

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestVanek – Okposo – Tavares12:46

    xG 1.26–0.74 (63%)attempts 17–12goals 3–0

  2. Regin – Clutterbuck – Grabner8:23

    xG 0.38–0.14 (73%)attempts 10–4goals 0–0

  3. Nielsen – Bouchard – Bailey9:18

    xG 0.34–0.33 (51%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

  4. Martin – Cizikas – Nelson8:40

    xG 0.30–0.39 (44%)attempts 6–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCarkner – Hickey12:49

    xG 1.32–0.05 (97%)attempts 18–10goals 0–0

  2. MacDonald – Hamonic15:38

    xG 0.80–0.73 (52%)attempts 14–16goals 2–0

  3. Martinek – Donovan11:58

    xG 0.68–0.66 (50%)attempts 12–12goals 1–0

How the game flowed

Model-based

Chance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.

Expected goals flow

Running total of expected goals for each team. Steep climbs are spells of pressure; dots are goals. Shaded bands mark power plays (team colour), 4-on-4 or 3-on-3 (grey) and empty nets.

NYI 4.2 xGBOS 3.0 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYIBOS

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

NYI's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line NYI is favoured, below it BOS. Dots are goals.

Excitement 17/100 · #984 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.83 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
BOS 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +23 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 68% of the time.

NYI winsBOS wins

Simulated goal difference (NYI − BOS), 10,000 replays

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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).